Buckle.



F. A. RUSS.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION man lumi n. 1912.

Patented Feb. v26, 1918..

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BUCKLE.

Atpiicauon mea aan@ 11,1912. serial No. 702,982. Y

To all Iwhom t may concern y Be it known that I, FRIEND A. Buss, a

citizen of the United States, residing at other `object is to provide abuckle which is' capable of maximum adjustment on a minimum length ofwebbing, and a further 0bject is to provide a buckle of minimum verticaldimension in which the extremity of the webbing is secured thereto byswaging.

I attain these'and other objects of my invention in the preferredembodiment thereof set forth in the following description andaccompanying drawing in which like Vreference characters refer tocorresponding parts.

ln the drawing: i

Figure l is a front view of my buckle strung with webbing a portion ofthe latter being broken away;

Fig. 2, a vertical section of the buckle shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 3, aside view of the buckle before the webbing is attached'thereto,and

Fig. 4, a vertical section of a modification.

My buckle consists of a back or frameA o and a lever B. rThe back A isbent up'out of a single piece of sheet metal to form lips 2 and 3disposed at an angle to one another as shown in Fig. 3. The front bar orlip 2 is provided with forwardly turned lugs or side ears 4,4 whichlatter are pierced or perforated at 5, 5. yThe lever B may also be bentup out of sheet metal to form the front or finger piece 6, the webengaging member 7 and the laterally projecting trunnions 8, 8, whichlatter are journaled in the perforations 5, 5. The strap or webbing C isfastened to the frame A by inserting its extremity k between the openlips 2 and 3 which latter are then pressed or swaged together in asuitable machine to securely and permanently grip the webbing betweenthem, as

shown in Figs. l and 2. In this manner the extremity of the webbing isnotonly gripped between the face portions of the lips but also betweentheir edges which latter 'eX tend transversely across the top of theback. After the webbing is securedV to the buckle as above described thefree .or moving por` tion ispassed'rearwardly over the top edge of theback lip 3 then downwardly below the back and then. upwardly between thelever land the back into an upper reach. `When the lever B is shut downit locks the webbing in its adjusted position. The buckle thus strungforms an adjustable loop inthe webbing which carries the cast 0d piece Dor any other suitable member.

Although the Stringing of the buckle, as

above described, covers up the back and produces the so called rustlesseffect yet it is obvious that the webbing may be carried forwardly overthe edge of the front lip 2, instead of rearwardly over the edge of theback lip 3, leaving the back lip 3 exposed or uncovered as shown in Fig.4. It is to be noticed that either method of stringing requires the samelength of webbing since the top edges of both lips are equally distantfrom the bottom of the back A. It should befurther noticed that theparts of the buckle embraced by the webbing are of the least verticaldimension required for fasteningn the end of the webbing thereby leavinga maximum length of free webbing for adjustment purposes.-

Since the broad feature of my invention resides in the construction ofthe back any suitable arrangement of the lever may be employed providedit will clamp or hold the moving portion of the webbing. ln Fig. 4 thelever trunnions are journaled lower down between the side ears than inthe remaining figures so that the ears may be cut down substantiallyeven with the top of the back. This enables a metal blank of minimumvertical dimension to be utilized thereby saving scrap. y

The particular meritorious feature of my buckle, however, over thosedisclosed in the prior art resides in the fact that it can be made of aminimum amount of material and utilizes a minimum amount of webbing.This result is obtained by making the back of the buckle, which Yisconcealed when Specification of Letters Patent. il?attainingdi Feb. 256,Illdll..`

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strung with webbing and on display, since it is view'edfroln'tlie front,of very light gage metal bent up to forni a pairof the narrovvest lipsbetween the edges of Which/'V it lis `.possible toz-fasten :thewebbing;v Since the gripping action on the v .webbing-V is effected bythe edges of the lips no increased vertical dimensionV need be given totheir.` face portions since, as far as the grippingY action iis:iconce'rnedy the Ygripping .functions of Vthe'iface portions could beentirely elimihated.'A For this reason the"sheet'lnetal'blzink fromwhich the buckle .isbent up need only bei-of '1suflicient verticelidimension to give 'ibodyj enoughfor folding j operation.- In"foldihgfthe 'metal tofo'rin` `the "lips the beckl 'becomes reinforced sothat' thel utilization of Inetl of lighter vgag'ethenthat used inothercations as may firlycomewvithin the scope buckles' does notweaken' the.'lback. y

Althoughfthe device above'described ve1n-` bodiesthe preferred-formof'my invention yetthe semeissusceptible Jto-"such modifiofftheappended' claims.

Csiples'pt this'- pate'nt, Vmay Vneobtained far Hevingnow described myinvention what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

l; A buckle comprising e sheet metal back provided*k with. apair-.oftransverselyf dis-1mand 4e sheetjinetal back; the said backbeing formed `of'e bhuik folded midwayof itsl length topresentl n peilof transversely dis# posed edges alongzthe top side of the buck betweenWhichis grippedy the extremity of a running webbing.

FRIEND A. RUSS;= Witnesses:

FREDERICK C. PARSONS, ALBERT MANNHEIMER.

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